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Just because this may not help you, doesn't mean it may not help more at-risk people who may show signs much sooner, such as the elderly, children, people with
by ChrisRR 8y ago
Just because this may not help you, doesn't mean it may not help more at-risk people who may show signs much sooner, such as the elderly, children, people with compromised immune systems, etc.
The aim isn't to have one magical drug that works for everyone, but an entire set of tools in your arsenal.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoParents, too - if I think I'm coming down with the flu, and know there's an early timeframe treatment available, I'll absolutely make it a point to see the doctor early.
- icegreentea2 8y agoYeah, I think this stuff is great for when you're living with someone. A few years ago, I got the the flu while visiting home during the holidays. My family took me to the clinic to get some antibiotics to deal with some secondary infections (I also had wisdom teeth stuff going on at the same time lol). I remember the doctor offering tamiflu to my family as prophylaxis, or to come back the moment they felt symptoms for tamiflu.
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoIt isn't that it doesn't help me in particular. And I do understand that it can help at-risk people. I personally think the amazing part of this drug is the decrease in infectious time, and the actual healing being secondary - at least for folks like me. Nevertheless, it will help those folks with risks more if folks like me actually use this stuff too. If people like me take this within the time frame and stop spreading, it is much better. This is what I think we should fix. We should encourage folks like me to use things like this. Not because we are helped so much by the medicine itself, but because it cuts down on transmission. To be able to do that, the problems I mentioned in the original post needs to be addressed.